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Perceptually-Motivated Audio Morphing: Softness

A system for morphing the softness and brightness of two sounds independently from their other perceptual or acoustic attributes was coded. The system is an extension of a previous one that morphed brightness only, that was based on the Spectral Modelling Synthesis additive/residual model. A Multidimensional Scaling analysis, of listener responses to paired comparisons of stimuli generated by the morpher, showed movement in three perceptually-orthogonal directions. These directions were labelled in a subsequent verbal elicitation experiment which found that the effects of the brightness and softness controls were perceived as intended. A Timbre Morpher, adjusting additional timbral attributes with perceptually-meaningful controls, can now be considered for further work.

Authors: Williams, Duncan; Brookes, Tim
Affiliation: Institute of Sound Recording, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK
AES Convention:126 (May 2009) Paper Number:7778 Import into BibTeX
Subject:Psychoacoustics and Perception

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